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Cockatoo Island: shipyard for 134 years

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Naval Historical Society of Australia: The First Naval Dockyard of the Royal Australian Navy Cockatoo Island, Shipbuilding, 1870 to 1986 By David Michael* Cockatoo Island is...

CN outlines what is need for ship-building

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By Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy* As an island nation, Australia depends on sea lines of communication and maritime trade. For us, there can be...

US Navy’s ship-repair problem

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By Michael Hogan* The US Navy has well-documented issues with building warships. Less discussed, but equally important, are issues with repairing the ships it already...

Not enough Australian content in Defence contracts: Audit

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The national audit office has found Defence has failed to maximise Australian industry participation in its vast procurement program and its arrangements to achieve...

The cost of defence: 2025-26

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The 2025-26 Defence Budget misses a crucial opportunity to prepare the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and defence industrial base for future challenges, the Australian...

Russian oil flowing through Indon free port

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Russia has quietly opened a new route to circumvent sanctions and maintain its oil exports—this time through a remote Southeast Asian port, Ukraine’s Foreign...

Chief of Navy 2025 Essay Competition opens

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Entries are now open for the 2025 Chief of Navy Essay Competition. The Chief of Navy Essay Competition aims to promote knowledge of and...

Russian sub strikes with cruise missile

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Russia’s newest Yasen-M class submarine launched on 19 May 2025 a cruise missile that reached a target about 500 kilometres away. The “Arkhangelsk” (K-562)...

USS Truman’s massive strike in Somalia

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The acting US Chief of Naval Operations has confirmed that the US Navy recently conducted the largest airstrike ever launched from an aircraft carrier,...

Minilateralism and Indian Ocean security

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By Nilanthi Samaranayake* When considering the future of Indo-Pacific security and minilateralism in the Indian Ocean, we should first clarify which minilaterals we are talking...